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Muslim clerics pray at Auschwitz

Opinion: We pay a great deal of attention to the actions of Muslim radicals, and when an extremist does


Keeping an eye on all of us

Opinion: By Edward Wasserman The Miami Herald Google’s launch of its dazzling Internet-connected eyewear,


‘Need’ does not exist in economics

Opinion: One of the most common arguments for allowing more immigration is that there is a “need” for foreign


Sneak attack on Ohioans’ right to know must be stopped now

Editorial: There they go again. Ohio’s state lawmakers have conspired anew to launch a dangerous and sneaky


Hate speech goes two ways

Opinion: By Cathy Young Newsday Recently, after a brief campaign by feminist activists, Facebook


DNA swabs simpler on CSI

Opinion: There’s something touchingly amusing in Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia adamantly defending the


Dairy industry’s dirty secret

Opinion: By David Byer People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Some readers may be surprised to


Another academic year at YSU will bring another tuition hike

Editorial: In the midst of the national debate over the value of higher education — this page has featured both


What is a family?

Opinion: By Ben de Guzman and Deepa Iyer McClatchy-Tribune The current immigration bill too narrowly


GOP raiding lottery fund

Opinion: The Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C.: When, by a single tie-breaking vote cast by then-Lt. Gov.


Libya, Iraq offer lessons for Syria

Opinion: By Tamara Alrifai McClatchy-Tribune Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policymakers should


Gee whiz! Notre Dame, YSU now share the same status

Opinion: Gee whiz! Notre Dame, YSU now share the same status When a high-speed train was being considered


Immigrants are good for US

Opinion: By Thomas J. DONOHUE McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON Throughout our nation’s history, the world’s


A frog-jumping hypocrite

Opinion: BY JIM HIGHTOWER OtherWords I’ll bet that Mark Twain, who wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of


Sweet deal for sugar producers

Opinion: WASHINGTON The steamboat conveying Andrew Jackson up the Ohio River toward his tumultuous 1829